Dark Knight AOE rotation

[Lidel417]

Hello all! After getting used to the Dark Knight toolkit at 70 and spamming dungeons for several nights, I have found an odd rotation that feels solid in terms of self healing, mitigation, and AOE threat. If this is a stupid rotation and I need to be doing something else please let me know. I haven't found much on Dark Knight theorycrafting yet. Please note that this is for you standard 3 mob pull (or more) and is not focused on damage.

Mana is now mitigation due to "The Blackest Night". The 2400 MP used for the ability will give me a 10k shield with my health pool, this is more than what a DA souleater will heal me for (SE is about a 3400 heal in my gear). Also for reference, a DA abyssal drain will heal me for about 1100 per target.

The rotation is pretty simple, after you have gathered all of the mobs and dumped your initial mana into the The Blackest Night and DA abyssal drain spam, you will hard slash into syphon stike while NOT doing a souleater to finish the combo. In terms of mana you will prioritize using "The Blackest Night" on CD followed by a DA abyssal drain after your syphon strike. You will also completely ignore the blood gauge (outside of Delirium). The reasoning is because there is no threat modifier on Quietus and it is on the GCD. I also save C+S for the MP regen as well.

If you think this is bad please let me know and share your knowledge as I would be curious to hear it.

[Falar]

3 monster mobs never hit me hard enough to break TBN.

[Lidel417]

Then you will take no damage for 5 seconds? or pull more mobs. Note how I said (or more).

[SyzzleSpark]

With rare exceptions (Shake it Off) new abilities are introduced into the game because they are good and you should use them, it is often a mathematical gain to do so. I'll admit I don't fully grasp why people will sit on 100 blood gauge and ignore Quietus, or spam Bloodspiller when Delirium is off cooldown. But to each their own.

[Daniel_Fury]

I'd personally weave quiestus in whenever you can. It may not give much emnity but wasted blood makes me want to cry. If you're in Grit, use Bloodspiller if you have 3 or less enemies.

[Lidel417]

Like I said, this isn't a rotation for damage. DA+Quietus on 3+ mobs is the win there, but that mana could have been used for a BN or DA abyssal drain which in a large pull will heal you for a decent amount.

[Falar]

On 5 or more DA on Quietus is a DPS/mp spent gain compared to 2 x AD.

[Lidel417]

I don't think anyone read this post. I know using DA+Quietus on packs of mobs is more dps. My argument is instead of wasting mana and globals on DA+Quietus is to use that mana (more mana gained because you are only using hard slash and syphon strike) to mitigate and self heal through damage.

[Daniel_Fury]

Like I said, this isn't a rotation for damage. DA+Quietus on 3+ mobs is the win there, but that mana could have been used for a BN or DA abyssal drain which in a large pull will heal you for a decent amount.

Killing it faster results in less damage. With TBN, a DA abyssal drain, you can still get a few of your new blood skills in there with no risk of dying.

[SyzzleSpark]

I don't think anyone read this post. I know using DA+Quietus on packs of mobs is more dps. My argument is instead of wasting mana and globals on DA+Quietus is to use that mana (more mana gained because you are only using hard slash and syphon strike) to mitigate and self heal through damage.

Its not even about DPS, its about having your resource overflow and then sit pointlessly at 100 for no reason.